Several hundred South African former miners have launched court proceedings against Anglo American Plc in London, the latest in a wave of lawsuits and compensation claims over lung disease that could cost the gold industry billions.
After gold's 10-year winning streak shattered all but the most bullish forecasts, it takes a brave man to call for a correction. It takes an even braver man to do so at the year's biggest bullion conference.
Have a look at some of the celebrities who have had their body parts insured for millions.
According to Global Language Monitor, London has now become the new fashion capital of the world taking over the top position from New York.
Arsenal avoided further embarrassment after coming back from a goal down to win 3-1 over League Two side Shrewsbury in the Carling Cup.
The younger Middleton sister and style icon Pippa was spotted at the Alice Temperley London fashion show at the London Fashion week, where she was photographed seated next to Hollywood actress, Rosario Dawson.
eBay is selling Windows 8 developer preview tablets distributed at Microsoft's Build conference for a minimum selling price of $2,000.
Gold rose Tuesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded Italy's debt, the latest in a series of blows to the eurozone and endorsements of precious metals, at least in the eyes of investors who want safe-havens.
Australia's first physical bullion exchange, an over-the-counter spot market for gold, silver and platinum, will begin operations Oct 4, the Australian Bullion Exchange (ABX) said in a statement on Tuesday.
UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel will seek a vote of confidence at a board meeting in Singapore for plans to slash the investment banking division that caused a $2.3 billion loss due to unauthorized trading, a Swiss newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new approach to developing a vaccine against AIDS.
Ireland's state-run bad bank will auction works of art by the likes of Andy Warhol and Alex Katz after it put global auction house Christies in charge of a 14-painting collection valued at up $2.8 million on Monday.
The public adored John Martin's apocalyptic images of destruction and chaos yet the art establishment shunned him, helping to consign the British artist's works to the storage vaults.
Mongolia's law banning mining in the country's river and forest areas is necessary to protect the mineral-rich Asian country's environment and herdsmen's livelihoods, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj said on Monday.
Five arrests were made on the third day of Occupy Wall Street protests in New York's Financial District.
Ugandan legislators want the speaker to call an emergency session of the house to discuss a government dispute with Britain's Heritage Oil over tax payments, an opposition MP said on Monday.
But the payment to the Dowlers may only be the beginning of News International’s expected largesse to phone hacking victims.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is leaderless and mostly peaceful, but it's been a powerful force in disrupting activity on and around New York's Wall Street since starting on Saturday.
The United Nations will hold a high-level two-day summit beginning Monday to discuss its intentions of tackling the global epidemic, which could reach $47 trillion in the next two decades, if no medical solution is found.
More and more people around the world are diagnosed with infectious diseases such as heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes each year, yet there may be cheaper solutions to prevent and treat millions of these cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Blair was flown to Tripoli on Gaddafi’s private jets at the Colonel’s expense.
The Occupy Wall Street protest is disrupting Wall Street for a third consecutive day -- this time when the stock market will open. New York City police are limiting access to Wall Street Monday morning, requiring residents and workers in blocks surrounding the New York Stock Exchange to show identification.
